Development camp set for Monday at (closed) Sharks Ice rink, TJ Galiardi takes team to arbitration

Another day without an attention-grabbing headline from Sharkville, but do have some information to pass on.

The Sharks are holding their annual prospect development camp next week and among the 71 players expected to be here is Tomas Hertl, their No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft. No word yet if this is a quick trip to North America from the Czech Republic or the start of an extended stay.

The Sharks, by the way, are sticking to their longstanding policy of NOT opening the sessions that begin Monday at Sharks Ice to the fan base. Didn’t ask again this year, but the front-office explanation in the past has been the desire to keep the players focused without any distractions.

Other franchises, of course, do open things up to the public and get nice turnouts in the lull that is July. Different strokes.

More on development camp later, but before going any further, there is one other matter of note as TJ Galiardi taking the Sharks to arbitration. Only 16 NHL players felt the need to go that route by today’s deadline and, curiously and coincidentally, Jamie McGinn is one of the other 15.

Galiardi, a restricted free agent, of course came to the Sharks from the Colorado Avalanche at the February trade deadline in the deal for McGinn. Galiardi earned $700,000 last season, which, if I understand the CBA correctly, means that Doug Wilson’s qualifying offer was for $735,000 in 2012-13.

Galiardi had eight goals and 14 points in 55 games with Colorado and one goal in 14 games with the Sharks.

The Sharks and Galiardi can continue to negotiate prior to an arbitration hearing in Toronto sometime between July 20 and Aug. 4.

Other players electing to go to arbitration are Blues forward T.J. Oshie and former Shark/current Duck Nick Bonino.

*****Back to development camp. Here’s the list of 41 players on the roster. You’ll note we’re talking about guys who haven’t played more than a season in the AHL. And, yes, Cody Ferriero is Benn’s brother.

*****Would be nice to have a big-name update to pass along. Yeah, I know there’s stuff out there. But keep in mind that Marty Havlat has what his agent, Alan Walsh, says is a total and complete no-move clause in his contract. And from what I’ve been able to find out, if Patrick Marleau has a window in his deal, no one has tried to open it yet.

David Pollak

David Pollak has been following the NHL forever and at the Mercury News as an editor or reporter since 1987. For almost a decade he wrote about the Sharks as the paper's Fan in the Stands before joining the sports department in 2001. He became the Sharks beat writer before the 2007-08 season and began this blog at that time. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PollakOnSharks.